Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Baker City, Oregon, in Baker County, has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Baker County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Baker City public records, Baker County arrest records, Oregon arrest records and Oregon inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Baker City
The FBI lists Baker City with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Baker City Police Department. It reported 228 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Baker County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 147 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Baker County: the Baker County Liquor Commission (state agency); the Baker County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Baker City Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Baker City: 228 for 2025, 229 for 2022, 264 for 2020 and 271 for 2019; 2021, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
Across Baker County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 375 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Baker City Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Baker City and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 18 people, down from about 35 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 45 beds, and it ran at 78 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Baker County Sheriff's Office at bakersheriff.org/jaillist.htm (page title: Jail List), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Oregon Department of Corrections lists its inmates at oregon.gov/doc/victim-services/pages/offender-search.aspx.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Baker City
Whether someone was arrested in Baker City, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Baker County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Baker County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.oregon.gov/courts/baker/records/pages/default.aspx).
Statewide, Oregon eCourt Case Information is the Oregon Judicial Department's online case search, free for basic case information.
Oregon is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: an Open Record Request returns anyone's Oregon conviction record by name, and the subject is told who asked, for $10 a search, through the Oregon State Police. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Baker City
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Oregon Public Records Law the agency must answer within 15 business days where practicable, after acknowledging the request within 5, and it may charge the actual cost of making the record available.
- An arrest by the Baker City police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at bakercity.com/Archive.aspx?AMID=84 (page title: Archive Center, Police Department), phone (541) 523-6415, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Baker County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Baker County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.oregon.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at bakersheriff.org/recordsrequest.htm (page title: Baker County Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Baker County guide covers every agency in the county: Baker County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Baker City each year?
Baker City reported 228 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Baker City?
Look on the custody page of the Baker County Sheriff's Office at bakersheriff.org/jaillist.htm. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Baker City booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Baker County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Baker City?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Oregon State Police: an Open Record Request returns anyone's Oregon conviction record by name, and the subject is told who asked, for $10. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Oregon Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Baker City?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Baker City police for its own arrests, the Baker County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Oregon Public Records Law the answer is due within 15 business days where practicable, after acknowledging the request within 5; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at bakersheriff.org/recordsrequest.htm.
Is this the official Baker City website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.